Chain-connector.



A. JACQUES. CHAIN CONNECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED no. 1, 1911.

1,028,217; Patented June 4, 1912.

Witnesses Inventor J .l Attorneys ARGHILE JACQUES, F ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

CHAIN-CONNECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1912.

Application filed December 1, 1911. Serial No. 663,278.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, AROHILE JAoouns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Chain-Connector, of which the 4 following is a specification.

The device forming the subject-matter of this application, is adapted to be employed for removably uniting the ends of a chain with a locket, a watch or the like.

The invention aims to provide a case of novel and improved form, and to provide a hanger, pivotally mounted in the case, and adapted to protrude beyond the case, to afford places of attachment for a chain or the like, the construction being such that spaced loops only protrude beyond the case, the free end of the hanger being normally housed within the case.

A further object of the invention is to provide novel means for locking the free end of the hanger within the case, and to provide means for producing relative movement between the case and the hanger.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 shows the invention in perspective, assembled with a chain, and with an article of jewelry; Fig. 2 is a plan of the blank from which the case is formed; Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section of the case, showing the hanger in locked position; Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a perspective of the hanger; and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section, similar to Fig. 3, but showing the hanger in unlocked position.

In the accompanying drawings, and referring particularly to Fig. 1, the numeral 1 indicates an article of jewelry, such as a locket or the like, the numeral 2 denotes the case-portion of the present invention, the numeral 3 denotes the hanger-portion of the present invention, which is assembled pivotally with the case, and the numeral 4 indicates the chain which is assembled removably with the hanger.

The case 2 may be of any desired form. In the present instance, although not necessarily, the case is fashioned from a blank comprising two like, approximately triangular members 5, connected by a bridge 6, and equipped at their upper ends with projections 7 A pin or like projection 8 outstands from the bridge 6. In the members 5, which constitute the walls of the case 2, there are recesses 9, having functions which will be described hereinafter.

The hanger is approximately triangular in outline, but is of curved construction. The hanger at its upper end is provided with spaced loops l0, and at the lower end of the hanger there is another loop 11, which preferably stands approximately at right angles to the plane of the loops 10. Upon one end of the hanger, adjacent the loops 10 there is a transverse head 12, there being another transverse head 14 upon the other, free end of the hanger.

The members 5 of the case are bent into parallelism, to form the walls of the case, the transverse head 12 being lodged rotatably within the seats 9. In the adjacent faces of the members 5 there are curved, flaring grooves 15, terminating at their inner ends in lateral seats 16. When the hanger is positioned asshown in Fig. 6, the ends of the chain 4 may be engaged in the loops 10, the eye of the locket 1 being engaged in the loop 11. When the hanger is rotated upon its pivotal mounting 12, the head 14 will enter the grooves 15, and since the hanger is resilient, the free end of the hanger will ultimately spring laterally, causing the head 14 to lock in the seats 16. The loops 10 will, under such circumstances, protrude beyond the upper end of the case 2, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and the loop 11 will protrude beyond the lower end of the case. Obviously, the projections 7 serve to separate the loops 10.

When it is desired to open the device, pressure may be exerted against one of the loops 10, and against the loop 11, as indicated by the arrows A in Fig. 3. When pressure is thus applied to the hanger, the head 14 will spring laterally out of the seats 16. The thumb nail of the operator may then be applied beneath the projection 8, to swing the hanger from the closed posi tion shown in Fig. 3 to the open position shown in Fig. 6. 7

As will be readily understood, the case 2 may have a wide variety of forms, and may be ornamented in any manner dictated by the taste of the user. The device is so con structed that the ends of chain may be assembled readily with a locket, with a watch, or other like article, the chain being secured firmly to such article. However, the construction of the device is such that, as hereinbefore explained, the chain may readily be disconnected from the article, should occasion arise.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a case including spaced walls, and a curved resilient hanger pivoted at one end between the walls, the hanger being movable to position its free end between the walls; the hanger having adjacent its pivoted end, a pair of spaced loops, and having intermedr ate its ends, a third loop constituting a part of the hanger; all of which loops protrude beyond the case, when the free end of the hanger is between the walls.

2. In a device of the class described, a case comprising spaced walls; and a curved resilient hanger pivoted at one end between the walls, the free end of the hanger being movable into a position between the walls, one portion of the hanger protruding beyond one end of the case, and another portion of the hanger protruding beyond the other end of the case, when the free end of the hanger is between the walls; the walls having opposite projections, dividing the first mentioned portion of the hanger into spaced loops.

3. In a device of the class described, a case having spaced walls provided with duplicate grooves in their adjacent faces; and a curved, resilient hanger having transverse heads at its ends, one of which heads is pivoted in the walls, the other of which heads is adapted to pass into the grooves;

the hanger including spaced loops which protrude beyond spaced portions of the case, when the last named head is seated at the ends of the grooves.

4. In a device of the class described, a case having spaced Walls provided with oppositely disposed grooves in their adjacent faces, the grooves terminating in lateral seats; and a curved, resilient hanger having transverse heads at its ends, one of which heads is pivoted in the walls, the other of which heads is adapted to pass into the grooves, and to spring laterally into the seats; the hanger including spaced loops which protrude beyond spaced portions of the case when the last named head is mounted in the seats.

5. In a device of the class described, a case having spaced walls provided with oppositely disposed grooves in their adjacent faces, the grooves terminating in lateral seats; and a curved, resilient hanger having transverse heads at its ends, one of which heads is pivotally mounted in the walls, the other of which heads is adapted to pass into the grooves, and to spring laterally into the seats; the hanger including spaced loops which protrude beyond spaced portions of the case when the last named head is mounted in the seats, the loops being engageable to spring the last named head out of the seats; there being a bridge connecting the walls; and a projection outstanding from the bridge, whereby the case may be swung upon the pivotally mounted head of the hanger, when the other head is sprung out of the seats.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ARGHILE JACQUES.

\Vitnesses MARTIN FLANAGAN, DANIEL F. HAWKINS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

